Tailormade holiday in Peru

More info:Guide price pp based on two sharing. Includes domestic flights, good hotels (twin/double en suite), entrance fees, guides & porters, transport, activities & meals as per itinerary. NB Price based on group of minimum 4 in Cusco & on the Inca Trail.

Description of Tailormade holiday in Peru

Enjoy the highlights of southern Peru in comfort. Spot wildlife in the Amazon, explore Cusco and the Sacred Valley with your dedicated guide, walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu over four days to avoid the crowds, relax as you explore Lake Titicaca and Arequipa.

Highlights

Delve into the shadows of the rainforest as you explore jungle trails with naturalist guides from your traditional lodge.

Get under the skin of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and the Inca Trail with some of the very best guides in the area.

Avoid the crowds and slowly adjust to the altitude as you walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu over a relaxed four days.

Travel as part of an exclusive small group, camping at sites often unused by any other hikers.

Experience the unique feeling of arriving at Machu Picchu on foot after the crowds have departed.

Take time to explore the smaller Inca ruins on the way to Machu Picchu and linger over spectacular Andean views.

Enjoy all of this in some comfort: with porters, guides, good hotels and fully supported camping.

Unlock the secrets of the indigenous cultures of Lake Titicaca before relaxing in the beautiful 'White City' of Arequipa.

Best time to go: March to November.

Note on Inca Trail permits: there is a strictly regulated system in place governing the number of permits available to trekkers and staff on the Inca Trail. This system means that the Inca Trail is usually fully booked approximately 3 months before departure. We therefore encourage clients to book early to secure their places on the Trail.

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Departure information

This holiday can be tailor made throughout the year

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Responsible tourism

Responsible tourism: Tailormade holiday in Peru

Environment

We take longer to walk the Inca Trail, keeping you away from the overcrowded and environmentally depleted campsites. Instead you stay at peaceful campsites where numbers are very low and therefore environmental impact minimal. We are scrupulous about carrying everything out with us.

In the Amazon you stay in a lodge with first rate environmental credentials. The lodge is integrated into its surroundings in almost every way imaginable. The staff are largely sourced from the tiny local Condenado and Infierno communities. There is an impressive programme of training which means that your guide may well have started as a pot-wash in the kitchen before working and training his way up the ladder to being a guide.

The lodge is placed within a 200 hectare ‘buffer zone’ on the edge of the Tambopata Reserve. It is working hard with the local brazil nut farmers to include them in the benefits from eco-tourism, thereby encouraging their participation in conservation. The actual structure is built from wood brought in from upriver – essentially they would sit on the river banks until a fallen tree passed by and would drag it to the lodge for use in the construction. Otherwise, materials are largely palm fronds, wild cane and clay from the surrounding area.

Finally, the lodge owners have been major players in protecting the area from the threat posed by the proposed trans-continental highway which would run from coastal Peru to coastal Brazil right through the Amazon.

Community

We only run our own dedicated Inca Trail departures exclusively in conjunction with a small family business in Cusco. We have our own team of local guides and porters in place in Peru. We can be sure that we are only working with the best and most experienced guides. It also means that we work with a single community to provide portage services thus ensuring a stable and reliable source of income for local families.

Our porters come from the community of Chacllanca, about 45km from Cusco. Generally they are subsistence farmers who supplement their earnings by working on the Inca Trail. Our two head chefs, Virgilio and Herlin are in charge of getting the teams together and are therefore the bosses. Your team of porters is usually therefore made up of friends, family and neighbours who respect one another and work well together. Needless to say, we adhere strictly to the Porter Protection Policies in place on the Inca Trail.

On Lake Titicaca we are careful to visit only those floating islands which are genuinely inhabited so you can get a sense of how they actually live day to day and your visit benefits the people you visit.

Similarly, we avoid the main visitor site on Taquile Island, instead travelling to the far side of the island which receives visitors usually once a week and is therefore a genuinely interesting opportunity for cultural interaction and again provides an income for communities without being invasive.

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More info:Guide price pp based on two sharing. Includes domestic flights, good hotels (twin/double en suite), entrance fees, guides & porters, transport, activities & meals as per itinerary. NB Price based on group of minimum 4 in Cusco & on the Inca Trail.